This was an excellent competition with participants from Russia, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, England and, of course, France. The organization and hospitality were truly exceptional. Ramone, David and John had many strong boys in their groups. Ramone and David won difficult finals against boys who probably do not lose very often. They both fought extremely well. Although the boys in John's group were good and experienced, he won all of his six matches by ippon fairly quickly, three by throws and three by hold downs.